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Carniepunk (Gallery Books, July 23, 2013, 978-1-4767-1415-8, $16.00, 440pp, tp, oa, cover by Tony Mauro)     Original anthology of 14 dark fantasy stories of carnivals. Authors include Kevin Hearne, Rachel Caine, and Seanan McGuire. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Painted Love · Rob Thurman · nv 25 · The Three Lives of Lydia [Blud] · Delilah S. Dawson · nv 57 · The Demon Barker of Wheat Street [The Iron Druid Chronicles] · Kevin Hearne · nv 87 · The Sweeter the Juice [Carniepunk] · Mark Henry · nv 121 · The Werewife [Carniepunk] · Jaye Wells · nv 153 · The Cold Girl [Carniepunk] · Rachel Caine · nv 189 · A Duet with Darkness [Abby Sinclair] · Allison Pang · nv 219 · Recession of the Divine [Carniepunk] · Hillary Jacques · nv 249 · Parlor Tricks [Elemental Assassin] · Jennifer Estep · na Pocket Star, June 2013 279 · Freak House [Carniepunk] · Kelly Meding · nv 309 · The Inside Man [Jane True] · Nicole Peeler · nv 343 · A Chance in Hell [Hell’s Belles] · Jackie Kessler · nv 375 · Hell’s Menagerie [Charlie Madigan] · Kelly Gay · na 407 · Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea [Carniepunk] · Seanan McGuire · nv 435 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Castle Magic (Zebra/Kensington, August 1999, 0-8217-6293-1, $5.99, 381pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 7 · Tatha · Hannah Howell · na 135 · Bride of the Red Wolf · Judith E. French · na 253 · If Wishes Came True · Colleen Faulkner · na

Cat’s Meow (Love Spell, October 1998, 0-505-52279-9, $5.99, 391pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 5 · Moonstruck · Colleen Shannon · na 107 · Get Thee a Cat · Coral Smith Saxe · na 211 · One Magic Moment · Victoria Alexander · na 311 · Heart’s Desire · Nina Coombs · na

Cease to Exist ed. Adèle Olivia Gladwell, uncredited (Creation Press, 1991, 1-871592-07-0, £4.95, 96pp, tp, an)     A sampler of fiction from Creation Press’s earlier and forthcoming publications. Most of the fiction is of the graphic horror/sadistic kind. 5 · Cathedral Lung · Aaron Williamson · pm Cathedral Lung by Aaron Williamson, Creation Press, 1991 7 · Cacophonies · Aaron Williamson · pm Cathedral Lung by Aaron Williamson, Creation Press, 1991 10 · Dear Surgeon · Aaron Williamson · pm Cathedral Lung by Aaron Williamson, Creation Press, 1991 12 · Freedom, Liberty and Tinsel · Aaron Williamson · pm Cathedral Lung by Aaron Williamson, Creation Press, 1991 15 · Beating the Meat · Tony Reed · ss Fear #8, August 1989 24 · Raism · James Havoc · ex (r) 29 · The Venus Eye · James Havoc · ss 33 · Twin Stumps · James Havoc · ss 37 · Body Bag · Henry Rollins · ex (r) 47 · Death Song · Henry Rollins · pm from The Jackass Theory (r) 49 · Goldenboy · Henry Rollins · pm from The Jackass Theory (r) 52 · Ways to Die · Henry Rollins · pm from The Jackass Theory (r) 53 · Red Hedz · Michael Paul Peter · ex (r) 64 · Vixen-Naked Ultra-Luncheon · Michael Paul Peter · ss 78 · Passion · John Smith · ss

Celebrated Stories Made into Movies (Royce, 1944, #127, pb, an)     Details supplied by Richard Bleiler. 5 · Nothing Sacred · James Street · ss Cosmopolitan October 1937 38 · Madame La Gimp · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan October 1929 66 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 86 · The Failure · Katharine Haviland-Taylor · ss The American Magazine November 1932

A Century of Creepy Stories ed. Dorothy M. Tomlinson ,[?], uncredited (Hutchinson, 1934, 7/6d, 1178pp, hc, om)     Compendium including most stories from the anthologies The Black Cap, The Ghost Book, Shudders, and When Churchyards Yawn edited by Cynthia Asquith. 15 · The Snow · Hugh Walpole · ss The (London) Evening News December 21 1928 25 · The Tarn · Hugh Walpole · ss Success October 1923 39 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 53 · Mrs. Lunt · Sir Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 69 · The Islington Mystery · Arthur Machen · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 81 · The Cosy Room · Arthur Machen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 87 · Opening the Door · Arthur Machen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 101 · Munitions of War · Arthur Machen · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 107 · The Red Turret · Flavia Richardson · ss Switch on the Light ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 119 · When Glister Walked · Oscar Cook · ss The Regent Magazine #11, October 1924, as “The Sacred Jars” 137 · Si Urag of the Tail · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine January 1923 153 · The Great White Fear · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine June 1925 169 · Boomerang · Oscar Cook · ss Switch on the Light ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 181 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 190 · Telling · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 201 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 213 · Crewe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury July 1929 237 · A Recluse · Walter de la Mare · nv The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 269 · Two Trifles · Oliver Onions · gp The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 _269 · The Ether-Hogs · Oliver Onions · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 _277 · The Mortal · Oliver Onions · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 281 · The Smile of Karen · Oliver Onions · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 317 · “John Gladwin Says…” · Oliver Onions · ss The London Magazine August 1928 331 · The Hanging of Alfred Wadham · E. F. Benson · ss Britannia December 21 1928 347 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 359 · The Hospital Nurse · Shane Leslie · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 369 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 389 · A Considerable Murder · Barry Pain · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 401 · The Lovely Voice · Cynthia Asquith · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 419 · The Playfellow · Cynthia Asquith · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 443 · “God Grante That She Lye Stille” · Cynthia Asquith · nv When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 475 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926 493 · Shall We Join the Ladies? · Sir J. M. Barrie · pl The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 513 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 529 · The Lovely Lady · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 551 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 559 · The Killing-Bottle · L. P. Hartley · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 597 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 619 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 637 · The Cotillion · L. P. Hartley · ss The Illustrated London News November 24 1920 659 · The Prince · William B. Maxwell · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 665 · The Last Man In · William B. Maxwell · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1909 685 · Dispossession · C. H. B. Kitchin · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 703 · Beauty and the Beast · C. H. B. Kitchin · nv When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 729 · Those Whom the Gods Love · Hilda Hughes · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 737 · The Birthright · Hilda Hughes · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 749 · The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain · Charles Dickens · na Bradbury & Evans, December 19 1848 837 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921 851 · The Duenna · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 864 · The Unbolted Door · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss The Fortnightly Review November 1929 873 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited. 881 · The Lost Tragedy · Denis Mackail · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 899 · Spinsters’ Rest · Clemence Dane · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1925 925 · Circumstantial Evidence · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine August 1922 941 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841 957 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 975 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 987 · Twelve O’Clock · Charles Whibley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 995 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 1003 · Pargiton and Harby · Desmond MacCarthy · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 1019 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 1045 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 1061 · Mr. Tallent’s Ghost · Mary Webb · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 1073 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley 1091 · The Horns of the Bull · W. S. Morrison · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 1107 · The Man Who Came Back · William Gerhardi · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 1113 · Our Feathered Friends · Philip MacDonald · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 1125 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909 1133 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924 1145 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine October 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926. 1155 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House” translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 1165 · The Stranger · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Fortnightly Review June 1927

A Century of Detective Stories (Hutchinson, 1935, 3/6d, 1019pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · G. K. Chesterton · in 17 · The Jigsaw · Leonard R. Gribble · ss (r) 37 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 55 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 91 · The Great West Raid [Peter Benskin] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 7 1928 111 · The Aztec Skull [Professor Luther Bastion] · Gavin Holt · ss rewritten from “The Aztec Skull” published as by Charles Rodda (Flynn’s, June 13, 1925). 133 · The Iron Pineapple · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1910 153 · The Rope of Pearls · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Strand Magazine November 1934 169 · The Mind Readers [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine October 1927 183 · Death on the 8:45 · Frank King · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 13 1929 203 · The Persistent House Hunters [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · nv The Passing Show November 24 1934 225 · The Waste-Paper Basket · Alan Melville · ss (r) 243 · Death in the Dance · George Goodchild · ss (r) 259 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 273 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 303 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 323 · The Inoffensive Captain [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1914 343 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 365 · By the Sword · Selwyn Jepson · nv Cassell’s Magazine December 1930 389 · Superfluous Murder · Milward Kennedy · ss The Premier Magazine #44, May 1930 405 · The Hampstead Murder · Christopher Bush · ss The Evening Standard November 9 1935 419 · A Labour of Hercules [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1929 441 · The Lake [Nurse Wilkie] · William F. Harvey · ss 457 · In Confidence [Inspector Ego] · G. R. Malloch · nv Cassell’s Magazine April 1931 483 · A Thread of Scarlet · J. J. Bell · ss The Strand Magazine March 1927 499 · The Yellow Imps [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Pleasantries of Old Quong by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1931 511 · The Three Keys · Henry Wade · ss Policeman’s Lot by Henry Wade, Constable, 1933 531 · The Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933 557 · Heredity · Anthony Marsden · ss (r) 565 · The Young Doctor [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Mr. Fortune’s Practice by H. C. Bailey, Methuen, 1923 591 · Sing a Song of Sixpence · Agatha Christie · ss Holly Leaves December 1929 611 · Pigs’ Feet · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 2 1924 637 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 659 · The Dollar Chasers · Earl Derr Biggers · na The Saturday Evening Post February 16 1924 (+1) 733 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911 755 · The Sealed House [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · ss Mystery July 1933 773 · Strong Brother John · Herbert Shaw · ss The Novel Magazine June 1912 785 · From Behind the Barrier · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss Metropolitan Magazine August 1907 803 · Who Killed Castelvetri? · Gilbert Frankau · nv The Strand Magazine March 1928 825 · The Case of the White Footprints [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Dr. Thorndyke’s Case-Book by R. Austin Freeman, Hodder & Stoughton, 1923 859 · The Secret of Headlam Height [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) December 1925 893 · The Artificial Mole · John D. Beresford · ss Nash’s Magazine November 1927 911 · The Middle Dozen · Nellie Tom-Gallon & Calder Wilson · nv The Premier Magazine #154, November 28 1922 933 · The Other Hangman · John Dickson Carr · ss 949 · Abel Crew [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) September 1874, as by Johnny Ludlow 999 · The Greuze · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1921

A Century of Ghost Stories ed. Dorothy M. Tomlinson, uncredited (Hutchinson, 1936, 3/6d, 1013pp, hc, an)     Expansion of Fifty Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935. Later reissued as two volumes, Let’s Talk of Graves and Walk in Dread, both Hutchinson, 1970. 13 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, R. Bentley & Son, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 53 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 89 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 101 · The Tapestried Chamber · Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 117 · Gibbet Lane · Sir Anthony Gittins · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 127 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 151 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 175 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 195 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 235 · The Green Room · Walter de la Mare · nv The Bookman September 1925 275 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 287 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 319 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 331 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903 369 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 381 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 401 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 415 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 433 · Pirates · E. F. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928 453 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 465 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 483 · The Rosewood Door · Oliver Onions · na The Painted Face by Oliver Onions, Heinemann, 1929 537 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1) first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896). 565 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 609 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933 629 · The Operation · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911 657 · The Sweeper · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931 673 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage 689 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth” 705 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 733 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 749 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 757 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 773 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 799 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited. 843 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 865 · The Ghost-Seer · Friedrich von Schiller · ex Verner and Hood, 1795 translated from the German (Der Geisterseher, Thalia, 1786). 907 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867 919 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail” 939 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 949 · The Klausenburg · Johann Ludwig Tieck; translated by C. A. Feiling · nv Tales from the German ed. John Oxenford & C. A. Feiling, Chapman and Hall, 1844 translated from the German (“Die Klausenburg”, 1837). 989 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 999 · The Haunted Ships · Allan Cunningham · ss The London Magazine November 1821